Nov 11, 2015
A teacher educator and her organisation go to the root of the problem to improve quality of education Sreelatha Menon | October 29, 2015 The class was getting nowhere. Yes, we played games, enacted plays in the class and did anything that could help make the English...
Nov 11, 2015
2 NOVEMBER 2015 Neeraja Raghavan As always, our staffroom discussion had a hangover from the last question, with Ajitha Paladugu writing in about the teaching of poetry. Bemoaning the common tendency of teachers to ‘guess’ the intent of the poet in writing that poem,...
Oct 8, 2015
In this final part of our discussion around Sreelata Menon’s question: How can a poem be made a learning experience for the student? we take the lead from Attreyee Chatterjee’s assertion that if we are teaching a poem to an older age group, for example senior school...
Aug 4, 2015
Our discussion on How can a poem be made into a learning experience? continues with many more tested out ideas from teachers – as well as from those who are not teachers, but who have strong feelings on the subject. Nalini Ravel began by saying: I really love the way...
Jul 7, 2015
Our staffroom is buzzing with chatter these days. Even though we attempted a new discussion, some of us were still ruminating over the previous question, i.e., how to go about meeting the needs of diverse learners. Sunita Sharma pondered over this question and wrote...
Apr 28, 2015
Have you ever wondered why we make mistakes? And often, why we seem to keep making the same mistakes? A bunch of experienced teachers brainstormed on such questions, and here is just a small part of what they came up with – We limit our expectations by solely drawing...
Apr 5, 2015
With this article we conclude the discussion triggered by Sitalakshmi Natarajan of Rishi Valley School on how to differentiate instruction in the classroom more effectively according to the needs of each student. Some teachers turned the question over to examine what...
Mar 2, 2015
Our discussion IN THE STAFFROOM continues within the pages of TEACHER PLUS: http://www.teacherplus.org/in-the-staffroom/from-peer-learning-to-bonding Welcome to the Staff Room! Our discussion this month was triggered by Sitalakshmi Natarajan of Rishi Valley School....
Feb 7, 2015
With all that is usually packed into a teacher’s workday, reflective discussion is seldom possible inside the staffroom. More often than not, teachers are checking notebooks or getting ready (in the short free period) for the next class. TEACHER PLUS and...
Jan 22, 2015
Something interesting happened. I wrote to a few School Principals asking what their monthly/annual budget was for In-Service Teacher development. Almost all who replied – and not all did! – confessed that they had no such provision. Yes, they admitted,...
